Factor-group-generated polar spaces and (multi-)qudits

DOI10.3842/SIGMA.2009.096zbMATH Open1193.51004arXiv0903.5418MaRDI QIDQ970284FDOQ970284

Authors: Hans Havlicek, Boris Odehnal, Metod Saniga 

Publication date: 17 May 2010

Published in: SIGMA. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Recently, a number of interesting relations have been discovered between generalised Pauli/Dirac groups and certain finite geometries. Here, we succeeded in finding a general unifying framework for all these relations. We introduce gradually necessary and sufficient conditions to be met in order to carry out the following programme: Given a group $vG$, we first construct vector spaces over $GF(p)$, $p$ a prime, by factorising $vG$ over appropriate normal subgroups. Then, by expressing $GF(p)$ in terms of the commutator subgroup of $vG$, we construct alternating bilinear forms, which reflect whether or not two elements of $vG$ commute. Restricting to $p=2$, we search for ``refinements in terms of quadratic forms, which capture the fact whether or not the order of an element of $vG$ is $leq2$. Such factor-group-generated vector spaces admit a natural reinterpretation in the language of symplectic and orthogonal polar spaces, where each point becomes a ``condensation of several distinct elements of $vG$. Finally, several well-known physical examples (single- and two-qubit Pauli groups, both the real and complex case) are worked out in detail to illustrate the fine traits of the formalism.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.5418

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zbMATH Keywords

groupsgeometry of generalised Pauli groupsorthogonal polar spacessymplectic polar spaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of group representations to physics and other areas of science (20C35) Polar geometry, symplectic spaces, orthogonal spaces (51A50) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Quantum state spaces, operational and probabilistic concepts (81P16)

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